Hakai no Miko

What the Zoans took out of their lumbar girdles was a spindle-shaped leather girdle with the widest central portion and thinner as they went to both ends. At the end of one of its thinning ends a ring is made, and the Zoans grip the end of the leash through their right hand on the ring.

Then when I picked up the fist-large stone that was rolling into my foothold, I placed it in the center of my leather belt. Then, as I wrapped the leather band in two and wrapped it in stone, I clutched the superimposed ends together and squeezed them, and then started swinging it around making it turn my arms wide.

"They, no way......!

General Numitos is gnawed at the sight.

In front of such a General Numitos, the Zoans swung through a leatherband wrapped in stone at once, directed at heavy-duty spear infantry, where they had been centrifuged enough. At the same time, releasing one end of the leather belt he was grasping, the wrapped stone poured out momentum toward the heavy-duty spear infantry.

"And it's a stone throw -! Hold on to your shield!

Before General Numitos's scream could end, Zoan's stone-throwing dropped on the heavily armed spear infantry.

This was the way the Ethereal Horses thought of attacking the dense formation of heavy-duty spear infantry for the Zoans.

It is in the length of that weapon that the Zoans are overwhelmingly disadvantaged against heavily armed spear infantry forming a dense formation.

Whereas the length of the mountain swords held by the Zoans was roughly thirty to fifty cerches (roughly thirty to fifty centimeters), the spears held by heavy-duty spear infantry ranged from four to five melts (roughly four to five meters).

Just looking at this, you'll see that the heavy-duty spear infantry can unilaterally attack from a distance that Zoan's mountain sword can't reach. Furthermore, if the heavy-duty spear infantrymen form a dense formation and make this spear, it will no longer be suicidal for the Zoans to fight directly from the front.

But then it's just better if this one has a weapon that can attack from a distance than a spear with a heavy-duty spear infantry.

It is a truth that, although extremely simple, also goes to the philosophy of modern weapons development.

However, the question is, what exactly should I let Zoan and the others have?

Zoan's taste is the speed of his legs. Such bulky things as heavy objects or long pattern weapons or bows and arrows or spears that impair the speed of that leg are out of the question.

Then the pale horse laid his eyes on a stone-throwing string (sling).

It's a projectile weapon, so naturally it can attack from far away than a spear. Plus if you throw stone strings, all you carry is one little leather string, and it doesn't get in the way of Zoan and the others running. The stones that become bullets also have no difficulty replenishing them because you can use the stones that are rolling everywhere. It is also much easier to master than bows and arrows if you do not need so much aim.

And, above all, the biggest reason was that it was also easy to accept the Zoans, who despise bows and arrows, as Zoan also participated in stone-throwing in the "Bornis Showdown" and elsewhere.

But then stone-throwing is never something you can fool around with.

It is a famous story that David, the little shepherd, defeated Goliath, a soldier of the Philistines' giants, with stone throwing by stone strings. It is also known that Shingen Takeda had organized a stone throwing unit called the Stone Debris Squad in Japan during the Warring States.

In this way, stone-throwing was a fine weapon, whether it was Western or Western, even on Earth.

Not to mention its power if that comes at the hands of Zoan, who is stronger than man.

Even if it is a shield that an arrow accepts without difficulty, it is different if it is a much heavier stone than an arrow. Every stone thrown becomes a huge shock, numbing the hand holding the shield. Sometimes the shield breaks depending on how it hits. And if you want to hit the body, the bones will be crushed, even from the helmet and from the top of the armor, and the meat will burst.

The heavily armed spear infantry of the Holmeer country, which makes its brave name heard by neighbouring countries, also continued to suffer from this.

"Yep! Don't be afraid to throw stones! Pack your distance, you're not afraid enough!

As General Numitos says, stone-wielding and centrifugal force before throwing is a weapon that takes time to throw. Then you just have to pack the distance in between.

But because it consolidates Zoan's defense against stone throwing, even the slow-footed dense formation is just the steps of a turtle. At that step, it was too far to the Zoans, who kept throwing stones.

Still, the heavily loaded spear infantry packs the line with Jiriziri as they make their sacrifice.

And it is when we have come a little further.

"Everybody back off!

Along with Garam's decree, Shru, a deputy who had refrained by his side, slaps a drum. Then, when the Zoans, who had been throwing stones until then, turned their backs on the Crusaders on four legs, they escaped.

General Numitos was also struck by this.

Besides, if you think of the second army in a dense formation as a turtle, it's the exact speed at which the rabbit escapes.

Finally, he said he was almost there, but he quickly escaped.

And when Gallum stomps with his earthen smoke up, where he is far enough away, he raises his voice.

"All units stop! Attack initiated!"

Once again, Shru turns Garam's order into a drum clap and tells the whole army. Then, when Zoan and the others stopped their feet, they began to throw stones again by means of stone-throwing strings.

It is unique to Zoan to be able to take undisturbed movements in one order of the drums.

At an early age, Zoan and everyone plays to the clap of a drum, standing, sitting, running left to the right, jumping, etc. In the play of those children, Zoan and the others learn to clap their drums. That's why the body is starting to move as soon as everyone hears the drum clap.

General Numitos rages on all the group-tatters in this unpredictable organized stone-throwing attack.

"Come on, you cowards! Fight properly!

General Numitos can't help but think so.

Fighting in this era is when the main forces collide with each other to win or lose.

For this reason, it is often the case that mutually dominant infantry will be given better armor and stronger weapons until the state provides support so that both countries can fight at their advantage over enemy infantry. And with the passage of time, the heavily equipped infantry was further advanced, creating a soldier species known as heavily armed infantry.

Heavy infantry, best equipped with the support of the state, is also a symbol of national power, so to speak, such as wealth and manufacturing technology in that country. How much of such heavily armed infantry can be put on the battlefield has determined the victory or defeat of the battle.

Tactics such as dense formations, which dominate the western region, were also conceived around heavily armed infantry, showing how heavily armed infantry was the protagonist of the war.

But the way the Zoans are fighting now was the opposite of that.

Do not collide directly with the enemy, keep at a distance and continue to attack unilaterally. Even if this one tries to fight the White Soldier, he can't possibly catch up with the Zoans, who are lightly dressed and can originally run faster like horses than heavy infantry.

Now I could understand that Zoan and the others came forward knowing that they were going to protrude more than others in order to take this room for retrogression.

It is also impossible that General Numitos felt cowardly in this.

But Zoan, who keeps throwing stones, also thinks it is the honor of the battlefield to wield their own mountain swords and defeat their enemies.

No matter how little this one sacrificed, there was still dissatisfaction with the warriors just to keep throwing stones at their enemies. It is also natural to call it cowardly.

A loud laugh arose as those bloody warriors stopped throwing stones and tried to pull out the mountain knife.

"I'm interested in playing with stone throwers in return for my childhood! That's not what I'm talking about!

It is the red-haired giant Zug.

"Dude, it's a stone fight! The Turtles of Holmea have come to be slapped by mushrooms and stones!

Zug, who threw a stone at him with a loose tone, opened his big mouth again and laughed.

Then, among the warriors who until then had put blood on their heads at General Numitos' provocation, laughter leaks all the time. Along with that, words of provocation were also thrown at the Holmeer country from among the Zoans.

"Yes, yes! You hang out with us!

"Don't be a bunch of guys, play with us!

Along with those provocations, the Zoans invest even more in stone throwing.

The warriors' air changed.

Gallum was feeling it.

It was on the verge of those who were bloodthirsty pulling out their swords and jumping out. By making a laugh, Zoog screwed up his nose and even changed the atmosphere of the warriors.

I don't think Gallum can handle this either.

Born in the same generation, he is the chief who binds each family, and is also praised for his two masculinity of the plains, "Raging Fangs" Galam and "Angry Claws" Zug.

Which of these two is better?

That is a question that comes to mind once and for all, not only for Zoan in the Sorbiant plains, but also for those of other races beneath the Ethereal Horse.

It was also something that I could not help but be aware of at all times for Gallam, the person of the day.

Regardless, Gallum has the pride of never beating Zoog if he is an individual's martial arts brave.

However, in these great battles, Gallum also felt inferior to Zoog in that he felt the finesse and was able to respond immediately.

The Ethereal Horse also replies instantly, "It is Zoog," when asked by some later generations, "which of the two is a superior general".

"Zug is a rare general who can smell the smell of the battlefield and intuitively hit his best hand. I don't know a better general than him. I would use Zoog for a battle that must be won. He is my supreme general."

Later, as if to prove this word, Ethereal Horse is giving Zoog great military discretion and letting him fight freely as a guerrilla army. Zoog will also respond to this, and will be feared to be the best warlord under the banner of the Son of Destruction.

It was definitely Gallum who had the earliest sense of such a Zoog general talent.

But there's no jealousy there.

He used to even think of himself as a hater, Zug, but now he's turned into a dependable warrior and a good enemy to compete with. Not denying Zoog's behavior, but rather the thought of learning from his words and actions had arisen in the gallum.

So Gallum laughed and showed Zoog again.

"Is it a stone fight? When I was a kid, I didn't even want to do it, but I didn't know I could do it now!

"What. In Fang Fang Family, don't you do much?

Garam laughs bitterly at Zoog's question.

Everybody hated me coming in.

Besides, Zoog didn't act, he really erupted.

"That's right! You are too playful. [M] You must have thrown a stone without a clue anyway!

It is a gallum whose motor skills have protruded since childhood. There's no way the other kids want to have a stone fight with Gallum like that.

Is there anything that comes to mind about Zoog's pointing out, Gallum mumbles his face?

And the Zoans burst into laughter.

Already among Zoan's warriors, the air of reluctance to throw stones could disappear.

Not only Zug, known for his ruinous wilderness, but also Gallum, the bravest who is famous for being the strongest brave man on the plains, has taken the lead in throwing stones.

No one could complain about this.

In fact, there is a continuation to the words of the Ethereal Horse, which regarded Zug as the best general of his later years.

"For a battle that must never be lost, I use a gallam. His proud battle and his ambition have gathered the confidence of many warriors of all races. Under him, many warriors would spare their lives to fight. Exactly, he is the vessel of the Great General".

And the stone-throwing attack by Zoan's warriors, led by two of the best generals and the Grand General, surely caused damage to the heavy-duty spear infantry of the Holmeer nation.

Zoog laughs at the development of unilaterally continuing attacks by throwing stones.

"Oh my God! I was somewhat wary when it came to Holmeer's strongest army, etc., but you're out of clap!

But besides, Garam says with a sinister face.

"Don't look too sweet at your enemies, Zoog"

To Gallum's advice, Zoog tells him to dive into his voice so that he won't be heard around him when he stops laughing.

"Oh. Even if they don't tell me, I know"

What Garam was trying to say, Zoog had also noticed. Still, he laughed at his enemies to inspire the warriors.

"Now you're trying to tell me the gear of the people we're relative to isn't black, right?

Zug was right.

The colors of the heavy-duty spear infantry gear that we are throwing stones at now are red and brown, such as bronze and leather.

It's not black, that he was dyeing the equipment of Holmeer's strongest army, which killed Zoog and his fathers more than thirty years ago.

"That's right. Looks like they're not out yet."

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The struggle of General Numitos in the front row was also visible in the eyes of Huakis behind it.

General Numitos, one of Alexius' surroundings, will definitely even sue him directly, so he said he left the front row of the Second Army to him, but what an impudent battle.

A rider of conductors came running with horses to Huakis, who was so smiling.

"Orders! Orders!

There are a limited number of people who give themselves orders in this situation.

Alexius from the rear, but the conductor came running from the front. When that happens, all I have is that bloody colleague.

"I'm appealing to Deputy Commander Huakis from Captain Gaius Regiment!

As Hyuakis expected, it was a message from one of the three regimental commanders in the middle row.

"'I'm tired of watching the kids play. Get us out of the way now'!

It's a gaius-like dialogue with a lot of blood.

Huakis gave a small laugh to the conductor who conveyed it in the tone of Captain Gaius' regiment.

"Fine. - Tell the bloody fool. Show us that we are the strongest!

Captain Gaius, who was told by the commanding officer who returned the word, is such a giant that he is told by the mouthless people that he is drawing the blood of a cannibal ghost (Auga).

When he countered the giant on the horse, Captain Gaius shook his wretched, stiff mustache covering the lower half of his face and laughed out loud.

"I want you to hold my helmet! Needless to say, the strongest!

Captain Gaius raised his voice toward the soldiers as he ran his horse across the front of the middle row, poking his thick right arm high.

"What are we doing?!"

From the horse, Captain Gaius asks aloud, but the heavy-duty spear infantry, who unified their gear in a black monochrome, answers in a roll.

"" We, the 'Black Wall'! Become Holmea's 'Black Wall'!

Furthermore, Captain Gaius asks.

"What is" Black Wall "?!"

"" A wall that will never be broken! Unbreakable Wall!

"Unbreakable means what?!"

"" Nothing can break us! We are invincible!

"Then we are Holmea's strongest! Black Wall is the most powerful army!

"" Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!

The soldiers poke at heaven with spears and raise their voices.

"Come on, let's go, people! Let's show the heavens that we are Holmeer's strongest army!

Under the decree of Captain Gaius Regiment, the unified heavy-duty spear infantry moved out with three thousand black equipment in the middle row.